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Control Panel Icons

How can I delete a control panel icon that I know the program to the icon is no longer in my computer? I've done this once a long time ago and have for got how.

inthe

hi,

do a find and search for all *.cpl files (most will be in windows system diretory)

select the one you want to delete and delete it.

heres a listing of the most common ones:

DESK.CPL ---- DISPLAY SETTINGS
INTL.CPL ---- REGIONAL SETTINGS
MAIN.CPL ---- MOUSE
SYSDM.CPL ---- SYSTEM PROPERTIES
TIMEDATE.CPL ---- TIME/DATE
MODEM.CPL ---- MODEM
JOY.CPL ---- JOYSTICK
MMSYS.CPL ---- MULTIMEDIA PROPERTIES
POWERCFG.CPL ---- POWER
APPWIZ.CPL ---- ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS
INETCPL.CPL ---- INTERNET PROPERTIES
NETCPL.CPL ---- NETWORK PROPERTIES
PASSWORD.CPL ---- PASSWORD
ACCESS.CPL ---- ACCESSABILITIES PROPERTIES
TELEPHON.CPL ---- DIALING PROPERTIES
THEMES.CPL ---- WINDOWS THEMES
STICPL.CPL ---- SCANNERS / CAMERAS PROPERTIES

IF INSTALLED
PREFSCPL.CPL ---- REALPLAYER PREFERENCES
SANCPL.CPL ---- SISOFT SANDRA
QTW32.CPL ---- QUICKTIME SETTINGS

tip
send it to recycle bin instead of actually deleting it so if you delete one and its the wrong one you can just go to recycle bin and restore it.

Regards Barry

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frailey

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Thank You for the fast responce, this worked.

Joe

inthe

Technical_champ ,
you need ot learn to post comments not answers!

only 5 hrs later than mine and exact same answer!
dont you bother to read the comments before posting ?